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I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy.
Novelisation doesn't imply the truth. Readers are sophisticated enough to know that.
Nobody can take away your future. Nobody can take away something you don't have yet.
Closure is a preposterous concept worthy of the worst aspects of American daytime TV.
I wanted things. Whatever it cost and whatever it took, I would do it. And that's it.
The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.
Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.
You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.
Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger.
How did I change my life? I wanted things. I wanted women and I wanted to write books.
Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers.
Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition.
I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form.
Dreams can be of value even if you don’t have an opportunity to turn them into reality.
I grew up in a family that was working-class, which taught me to be careful with money.
People with children and people with their own business always pick up a ringing phone.
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block
When someone asks me to list the 10 best novels ever written, I always refuse to answer.
I think I'm out of crime fiction now, and I think the dividing line is American Tabloid.
So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block.
Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.
I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.
I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
Being gay is just one aspect of my very complicated life. I do not wear it on my sleeve.
I don't know anybody in the underworld. I make this stuff up. I don't know any criminals.
I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.
You all right now?" "I'm exceptional. Wonderful. Thanks for the concern. You complete me.
I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work.
To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning.
And suddenly the world was filled with wooden faces and flat voices - and, you were alone.
The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part.
Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.
Our exile organizations have been our way of replacing the cities and villages we have lost.
I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.
I think the great unspoken theme in noir fiction is male self-pity. It pervades noir movies.
I've always believed human blood is red because it really needs to draw attention to itself.
As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me.
I hated myself for needing him at such times, for craving his strength whenever I felt upset.
I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.
I’m adding ‘canine’ to my searches,” I said. “And ‘instinct.’” “Whatever. I’m adding ‘lunatic.
You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.
I'm trying to be less bombastic. I love my books. I think I've done things nobody else has done.
I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.
Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence.
To almost die is to know that one day you will, and to never again feel the same about anything.
I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws.
When I was in my early 20s and still at uni, I won a short-story competition: £200 was the prize.
I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective.